Devanagari
तृणपीठबृषीष्वेतानानीतेषूपवेश्य स: ।
स्वागतेनाभिनन्द्याङ्घ्रीन् सभार्योऽवनिजे मुदा ॥ ३९ ॥
Verse text
tṛṇa-pīṭha-bṛṣīṣv etān
ānīteṣūpaveśya saḥ
svāgatenābhinandyāṅghrīn
sa-bhāryo ’vanije mudā
Synonyms
tṛṇa
—
of grass
;
pīṭha
—
on seats
;
bṛṣīṣu
—
and on mats of darbha
;
etān
—
them
;
ānīteṣu
—
which were brought
;
upaveśya
—
making sit
;
saḥ
—
he
;
sva
—
āgatena — with words of welcome
;
abhinandya
—
greeting them
;
aṅghrīn
—
their feet
;
sa
—
bhāryaḥ — together with his wife
;
avanije
—
washed
;
mudā
—
with pleasure .
Translation
After bringing mats of grass and darbha straw and seating his guests upon them, he greeted them with words of welcome. Then he and his wife washed their feet with great pleasure.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
After bringing mats of grass and darbha straw and seating his guests upon them, he greeted them with words of welcome. Then he and his wife washed their feet with great pleasure.
Purport
To provide even this simple welcome, Śrutadeva had to go next door to his neighbors and borrow extra mats. This insight is provided by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
He sat them down on kusa asanas, some from his own house and some brought from neighboring houses, and washed their feet.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
He offered Kṛṣṇa and sages seats suitable for sannyāsīs, made of new grass and darbha, brought from his house, and personally touching their feet with great devotion had them sit.